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Aside from Bel attacking and the new attacks, not a whole lot to say about this episode. Mana is just being Mana, helping out people because she's just that much of a boss at everything she does.

Bel's attack involves kidnapping Ai-chan and also combining himself with his Jiokchuu in order to increase his own power. He's effectively done what Smile Precure villains took just over 30 episodes to do within 11 episodes. Talk about acceleration.

The new attacks are just flashier versions of their old attacks with new names. As leader, Heart gets the only one that actually resembles a bow's normal functionality (though Diamond and Sword show different aspects, Diamond doing some weird arrow rain thing, Sword doing an unlimited arrows attack). Diamond's could've been cool if it was an actual shower of arrows, as the name and weapon should've implied, and not just a block of ice forming.

There's an amusing little thing on the page for the Love Heart Arrow on Amazon. If you buy it, it recommends Wizard Infinity's Ax Calibur along with it. And why wouldn't it? They're basically the same thing. It just depends on if you want to shoot someone to purify their heart or slash them with a giant crystal dragon. The tears of a child or the tears of a mage. The Toei block has a strong sense of identity, even if Precure's animated and toku is aimed at boys.

So we have another episode about Mana Jersey Clubbing it up, and not even her wife can stop her from doing what she wants to do. I am glad that Joe is taking care of Ai most of the time and not entrusting her to the team 24/7, because they're still in school, turning them into teenage mothers would be disastrous. Bel's power up was... odd. So the generals can eat hearts to transform into monsters of their own power, but turning into Cell Phone Investigator 7's helpers might not be the smartest choice.

There's been plenty of commentary on the Love Heart Arrow already, so I'll say that it seems very Yes!/Fresh in that it boosts the basic attacks. Since they're individual instead of a group, like Rainbow Burst, that means more variety in the fights. I'm okay with this. The new stock for the new attacks wasn't bad either. And I like that Mana was able to inspire someone to do things on their own, instead of doing everything on her own. A nice little episode.

But the blonde-haired girl in next week's promo is very curious. Villain characters are a surefire way to get the attention of the older fans, and she looks to do just that.

a little info about the new blond girl in precure:Watanabe Kumiko's tweet confirmed that she voiced the blonde girl named Regina in episode 12. also from what i know in several languages. regina mean queen so meybe this can be point regina is marie angie and not ai. and regina not have little bat wings on her head like pell marmo and ira.so there is a chance regina is the queen

Also Regina's info
-VA is Kumiko Watanabe
-She is going to be a regular character (the VA says that she will be appearing in DokiDoki from episode 12 and onwards)
-She wears a cute ribbon.
-She is supposedly "very unique" (and the VA doesn't do this type of character)

1. Ai's true form is Marie Ange. OR
2. Regina is Marie Ange. OR
3. Both Ai and Regina are actually Marie Ange. The former encompasses the Heart, and the other is the person. OR
4. Regina is member of Jikochuu, and that's her civilian form. If her dress sporting black colors is not a giveaway, another hint are the red, bat-like designs sewn on her stockings. Given the record of past PreCure seasons like Fresh and Suite, she'll definitely become a PreCure and turn to the other side.

Since the spoiler pics are out on the 5th precure, at least it doesn't seem like the new blonde girl will be the 5th. So that probably means she is on the bad guy's side? It also feels like its about time.
Though she looks more like that pervert Joe's sister than one of those three bad guy. So that is another possibility left.

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This episode is better than the previous one, but I still have issues with it. On the plus side, it's nice that the Preures finally have some halfway decent attacks (or at least Cure Heart's), and it's encouraging to see Joe as potentially something other than an Ai-chan transportation device. The subplot surrounding freckles is pretty decent as well. The rest of the episode is a downer though - Mana's part of the plot was ho-hum, and Rikka only exists as an extension of Mana. And what the heck was going on with vibrate mode? Or more accurately, who the heck thought that this was a good idea?

For the time being I'm not getting tired of Mana's overly gung-ho and readiness to help practically everyone out there in problem or in need. Maybe there's no particular reason, or that is gratifying to watch Rikka reacting everytime that Mana gives in; scolding her like a good wife.

As for term of plot progression:
- Ok. Joe is shown that he's more than meets the eye keeping concern and eye for Mana while staying silent for the time being.

- The Jikochuu guys can now merge with the MOTW to turn into beasts. While Bel's beast form lacked any aesthetics, nevertheless, its form was practical for a multi-purpose of attacks; vibration gets a high laugh from me.

The key lesson of this week seems to be "Mana isn't human." That Jun even tried to keep up with her shows some fortitude beyond normal human abilities. Not even Rikka can keep up with her, and she's both a Cure and her wife. Makopi's hidden love of cuteness is becoming even more pronounced. Her reaction to the Iraphant speaks for itself. Really Makopi, if you want to look at elephants and I will stop myself there. At least the LHA has more variety in its fighting style than Rainbow Burst, which was always played near the end of fights and was the same every time. At least the MotW requires changing the order. So someone else knows about Ai, and Joe can creep on everybody. Sure, he's a jewelry seller, but a magical one, which might be why nobody's investigating him yet. What a day. I see Hitomi Nabatame bring everyone together as Saori in the early afternoon, and I close off my day by seeing her do it again as Mana. That's a good range.

Next week: Tennis, Alice, Regina (Who only got a 10 second cameo this time, I have no idea what her deal is), and roses. Another Alice episode, yay!